Elton John - Honky Chateau (1973)
For various reasons, I felt a little nostalgic this evening. Before Bowie and T-Rex came along, Elton was my goto artist.
commentsFor various reasons, I felt a little nostalgic this evening. Before Bowie and T-Rex came along, Elton was my goto artist.
commentsBefore my tastes became a little more eclectic and sophisticated, I was an Elton John obsessive. This holds some fantastic memories and remains a cracking good record.
commentsBeing sandwiched between “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy” doesn’t help. To me, “Caribou” it was just another great Elton John record which I enjoyed as much as the others.
commentsFrom 1969’s “Empty Sky” to “1976’s “Blue Moves” (his last great record which I’ve only just began to appreciate), Elton John and Bernie Taupin produced 11 remarkable studio albums.
commentsI give Elton’s “Your Song” the same respect as I do for Bowie’s “Space Oddity”. Both fantastic songs released within 6 months of each other, but the albums from which these songs originated were never on my radar until much later.
commentsThis album has been popping up on a few underrated records rants and references lately so I thought I better check it out.
commentsIt’s been a fucking ridiculous week! A quick trip to Hastings, a week ago today, where I sat with my father overnight and through part of the next day when he finally lost his battle with life.
commentsThe themes were: Two tracks that you know from the past, but have not played for at least 15 years, And one track that you discover after the session at David’s last week
commentsOne of my watershed albums. As a new college entrant I was now getting exposed to proper, grown up music. Despite this, I still slept and ate everything Reg and Bernie produced.
commentsI don’t give a rat’s arsehole what other people think of this record - it’s an amazing record that epitomised the brilliance of growing up in the musical potpourri of the early to mid 70’s.
commentsOne of my guilty pleasures is still liking some early Elton John records. While this is possibly my favourite Elton John record, for numerous and quite frankly unexplainable reasons, this is definitely the end of the line as far as my E.
commentsThe themes were: Women, Duos, Royalty
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